I stepped out of the airport doors a couple long hours later. The plane ride had been as boring as any other, but I tried not to let that down my mood. I was way to hyped up, which is completely unlike me. Never had I really been 'hyped up' before, except for a couple of times on the clue-hunt, where it was kind of like a continuous rush of adrenalin. A bus pulled over to the curb and I climbed in gratefully. I didn't feel like taking a cab on the hour-long ride from the air-port to the boarding school.
Inside the bus, it was cool and comfortable, and very, very crowded. My heart felt like it was going to pound right out of my chest. Ever since the clue-hunt, whenever I was in a large crowd, it reminded me of danger. Me against all of these people? What were the odds? But, I forced myself to sit down right behind the driver, because it was the only seat not taken, and also closest to the door. My crowd-phobia reminded me of a character in my books, Maximum Ride. Interesting little piece of trivia there, huh?
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The bus dropped me off outside of an estate I could only describe as drop-dead gorgeous. There was a long curving driveway that disappeared behind the school. The school itself looked to be about five different buildings. All were old-fashioned, stone, blue and white, and absolutely gigantic, surrounded by a forest. I tried to cover up my awe as I walked to behind the first building.
The grounds were filled with walkways to different buildings, a couple of little shops, and gardens. I even saw a pool in the back, next to a horse barn and track. It looked like it was covered up for the winter season. It was November 20, anyway.
"Wow." I breathed to no one in particular.
The grounds were barely full, with only a couple students walking around or playing in the sport section in the back. I guess not many students wanted to be on school grounds on a Sunday.
No wonder this scholar-ship was only a month. I was amazed that anyone could afford this, let alone my pitiful little public school. With a glance down at my schedule, I saw that I was in building 4, dorm room 70. Well, okay.
I walked into my dorm building and saw immediately what kind of place I was dealing with. Huge with long corridors, with students milling around in the 'living room' area, it had a soda fountain and numerous couches and chairs. There were also full size windows throughout it. Perfect for reading, I thought happily.
When I entered my room, I must admit that I was blown away. It was huge, like the rest of this school, had a private bathroom, and two queen-sized beds. One, I noticed, was occupied. It was the one farthest from the windows, next to the purple wall. On it was a very pretty girl I could only take as to be my new roommate. She smiled at me, with bright blue eyes, perfect teeth, and curly blonde hair.
Much to my surprise, she held out her hand and said, "Hi there! You must be Amy. They told me you'd be coming! By the way, I'm Genevieve."
I shook it and smiled back, "Hi Genevieve. Yeah, I'm Amy."
Genevieve laughed and directed me to my bed.
"Call me Genni!" She chirped happily.
I had a feeling we'd be friends before long.